The Pompano Beach Golden Tornadoes will square off against the Cypress Bay Captain Lightning at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Pompano Beach came into their game on Monday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They came up short against Archbishop McCarthy, falling 14-2. The Golden Tornadoes haven't had much luck with the Mavericks recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Friday Cypress Bay sidestepped Monarch for a 2-1 win.
Alexis Groenendijk spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered a run (which was unearned) on three hits. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than one walk in five consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Cypress Bay saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Maria Emi Ponce, who went 2-for-3 with one run. Grace Soule also deserves some recognition as she got her first hit of the season.
Cypress Bay hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. They are a perfect 5-0 when they post two or more strikeouts.
Cypress Bay has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.8 runs on average over those games. As for Pompano Beach, their loss dropped their record down to 5-8.
Pompano Beach got the 'W' in their previous meeting back in April of 2025 against Cypress Bay by a conclusive 15-5 score. Will the Golden Tornadoes repeat their success, or do the Captain Lightning have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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